2 ❖ <strong>Vienna</strong> Connection ❖ May 20-26, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com
www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News <strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>! <strong>Comes</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Annual Memorial Day festival biggest one yet. By Donna Manz The Connection If this is Memorial Day weekend, it must be <strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>!, the <strong>to</strong>wn’s three-day festival celebrating enter tainment, food, carnival rides, vendors and more food. Three hundred and ten vendors — 20 of those food sellers — are offering everything from clothing and jewelry <strong>to</strong> services, including E-waste disposal, as well as handcrafts and political information, in the largest <strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>! yet. Organized by <strong>Vienna</strong>’s Rotary Club, in cooperation with the <strong>Town</strong> of <strong>Vienna</strong> and title sponsor, Navy Federal Credit Union, <strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>! takes over the Church Street corridor over Memorial Day weekend, from Mill Street, <strong>to</strong> Lawyers’ Road, and down Dominion. Specialty foods abound, from pizza and barbecue fare <strong>to</strong> popcorn, kettle corn, funnel cakes and what can only be described as deep-fried “stuff.” The Rotary Club’s mot<strong>to</strong> is “service above self,” and <strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>! fits in with the club’s mission, organizers say. “This year’s is bigger and better than ever,” said Howard Svigals of the <strong>Vienna</strong> Rotary Club and vice chair of <strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>!. “We put on a community-spirited festival for the whole <strong>to</strong>wn <strong>to</strong> enjoy, a family weekend,” said Svigals. “In doing so, we raise money for worthy charitable organizations.” Svigals said the Rotary Club of <strong>Vienna</strong> has already assigned over $100,000 for 2009. Over the past three years, the club has donated over $250,000 <strong>to</strong> local and international charities. ON SATURDAY, May 23, at 10 a.m., amusement rides and food vendors only are open. Festival bus service from James Madison HS/<strong>Vienna</strong> Metro begins at noon, and, at 4:30 p.m., live entertainment begins. Rides and food vendors shut down at 11 p.m. On Sunday, <strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>! is in full swing. Attractions and vendors, except amusement rides, open at 10 a.m. and run until 10 p.m. An opening ceremony will take place at noon at Freeman House, and the e-waste collection center, sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union, opens at the same time in the Madison High School front parking lot. Amusement rides open on Saturday, at 12:30 p.m. Monday, at 10 a.m., vendors and amusement rides open, and bus service from Madison High School and <strong>Vienna</strong> Metro begins. At noon, a Memorial Day tribute is planned on the main stage, and the e-waste collection center opens in the Madison High School parking lot. The festival closes at 6 p.m., as does the e-waste collection center. Children enjoy the variety of rides and festivities during the traditional <strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>! Festival. <strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>! 2009 When: Saturday, May 23 – Monday, May 25. Where: Church Street corridor, between Mill Street and Lawyers’ Road. What: 310 vendors, community service booths, and amusement rides for children and adults. Food court features carnival treats, barbecue snacks and ethnic dishes. Amusement rides and food vendors open Saturday, May 23, at 10 a.m. Sunday and Monday all attractions, vendors and rides open. For schedule of events and list of vendors, see www.vivavienna.org. Live entertainment runs all day on the main stage and the children’s stage throughout the weekend. The Navy Federal e-waste collection center accepts computers, printers, modems, keyboards and associated computer gear, but no television sets. “We’re doing more <strong>to</strong> promote the e-waste disposal this year, and use of Metrorail and buses <strong>to</strong> the festival,” said Howard. Price of individual tickets is $1 each, a sheet of 24 tickets, good for all three days, is $20. Other ticket options are available. Number of tickets required per ride ranges from three <strong>to</strong> five tickets. Local dignitaries have been invited <strong>to</strong> The food court offers smoothies, carnival treats and ethnic delights. participate in the opening ceremony on Sunday. A Memorial Day tribute is planned, as well. The Geico gecko and the Sandy Spring dog are scheduled <strong>to</strong> make guest appearances. “<strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>! is a treasure for our club,” said Woody Bentley, <strong>ViVa</strong>! <strong>Vienna</strong>! chair. “[It] provides us with the vehicle <strong>to</strong> serve the community … and then <strong>to</strong> help charitable organizations serve specific groups with the profits.” Included among the festival’s special sponsors are: Children’s Stage, C&E Printing; Food Court, Cox Communications; Midway, GEICO; Transportation, Renewal by Andersen; Entertainment Stage, Sandy Spring Bank; Newspaper Media, The Connection Newspapers; Health Fair, <strong>Vienna</strong>- Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce. “The day we close out, we start planning the next one,” said Svigals. SEE INSERT in this week’s Connection for schedule and layout of vendors and attractions or go <strong>to</strong> www.vivavienna.org. <strong>Vienna</strong>/Oak<strong>to</strong>n Connection Edi<strong>to</strong>r Kemal Kurspahic 703-917-6428 or vienna@connectionnewspapers.com Pho<strong>to</strong> by Robbie Hammer/The Connection Pho<strong>to</strong> by Donna Manz/The Connection Thirty-Two FCPS Students Win National Merit Scholarships The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has named 32 Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students winners of $2,500 National Merit® Scholarships. The students are part of a group of approximately 2,500 National Merit® finalists chosen <strong>to</strong> receive scholarships primarily financed by the NMSC. Winners of the scholarships, with their probable career fields in parentheses, are: ❖ Alexandra Tanner of Lake Braddock Secondary School (education—music). ❖ John Weidinger of Lake Braddock Secondary School (military service). ❖ Zachary Charles of McLean High School (economics). ❖ Frank Sponn of Madison High School (performing arts—dance). ❖ Jessica Levine of Marshall High School (journalism). ❖ David Levonian of Robinson Secondary School (chemical engineering). ❖ Allison Whitlock of South Lakes High School (international relations). ❖ Varun Bansal of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) (environmental engineering— science). ❖ Thomas Bettge of TJHSST (law). ❖ Jonathan Choo of TJHSST (medicine). ❖ William Czaplyski of TJHHST (medicine). ❖ Jared Hallett of TJHSST (mathematical research). ❖ Michael Howard of TJHSST (engineering). ❖ Lily Hsiang of TJHSST (technology management). ❖ Blair Hu of TJHSST (bioengineering). ❖ Peter Im of TJHSST (chemical engineering). ❖ Brian Han Jang of TJHSST (biomedical engineering). ❖ Seung-Hyuck Kim of TJHSST (law). ❖ Joy Lee of TJHSST (medicine—research). ❖ Carolyn McCallister of TJHSST (English). ❖ Sumit Malik of TJHSST (chemistry). ❖ Kyle Markwalter of TJHSST (clergy). ❖ Jed Metge of TJHSST (engineering). ❖ William Minshew of TJHSST (engineering—physics). ❖ Monica Mowery of TJHSST (neurosurgery). ❖ Barbara Pelham-Webb of TJHSST (biogenetics—mathematics). ❖ Narendra Tallapragada of TJHSST (electrical engineering). ❖ Maya Wei of TJHSST (operations research). ❖ David Wu of TJHSST (medicine). ❖ Yangbo Xu of TJHSST (engineering). ❖ Katherine Zettler of TJHSST (management—consulting). ❖ Jiho Kim of Woodson High School (undecided). Each of the FCPS winners received a scholarship supported by the NMSC’s own funds with the exception of Tallapragada, whose scholarship is sponsored by the AMETEK Foundation. <strong>Vienna</strong> Connection ❖ May 20-26, 2009 ❖ 3
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